A while back Lodion described their interest in aussie.zone as their hobby, which really stuck with me.

In that interaction Lodion also felt uncomfortable giving users the power to direct the course of the website aussie.zone, when its only one person who bears the risk. I think this was an eminently advisable decision on Lodion’s part.

But since that interaction i’ve thought there must be a way to keep aussie.zone’s independence as Lodion’s project and hobby, but also build out a more cohesive and strategically directed publicly available social media.

So, like aussie.zone, but more. My answer is a bit old school, but it essentially is what this loose group of internet naredewells is. We’re an informal Association, not unlike the Lions Rotary Club, but online. We’re a group who come together, with a specific purpose in mind and work furthering that purpose at our own will.

So why not formalise it as an Association to build out an independently owned, non-coersive social media. We could have different projects running and interconnecting. Such as a Mastodon project, piefed, peertube project etc. Then we could support different levels of participation, such as server infrastructure, or creator production. Aussie.zone could be involved, and still be wholly directed and owned by Lodion.

Anyway, not trying to rock any boats, its a loose thought, just trying to think of ways a different social media could be made available for people thats not yoked to the small cabals of billionaire twats. What do people think?